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Martin4life
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Hi,
I am new to the forum and would like your thoughts and idea on a project I am currently working on as a chemical engineering student. I have to design a cooling system for a distillation column using water pumped from a pond nearby. I have been given the distance to pump this water and told that the heat generated by column (Q). We are also told that in heat transfer Q=V*p*C*DeltaT where V = volumetric flow rate, p=density, C=specific capacity.
I am currently having some problems choosing the right pump. I have to optimize the volumetric flow rate and pipe diameter in order to decide the exiting temperature of the flow stream. I am lost on how to optimize the various parameters in order to choose the optimum pump. My question is how do you go about optimizing the pipe diameter, volumetric flow rate and even things like pressure drop, shaft work of the pump all come in. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks
I am new to the forum and would like your thoughts and idea on a project I am currently working on as a chemical engineering student. I have to design a cooling system for a distillation column using water pumped from a pond nearby. I have been given the distance to pump this water and told that the heat generated by column (Q). We are also told that in heat transfer Q=V*p*C*DeltaT where V = volumetric flow rate, p=density, C=specific capacity.
I am currently having some problems choosing the right pump. I have to optimize the volumetric flow rate and pipe diameter in order to decide the exiting temperature of the flow stream. I am lost on how to optimize the various parameters in order to choose the optimum pump. My question is how do you go about optimizing the pipe diameter, volumetric flow rate and even things like pressure drop, shaft work of the pump all come in. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks